Catching up

Well, I am wayyy behind on blogging, so I'll try to catch up here a bit.  I left off almost a month ago with Shelby's blisters.  We left for Colorado just a few days later and enjoyed some great time with my WHOLE family - that is 12 grandkids, 8 "kids" and 2 grandparents - as well as Aunts and Uncles that came by, cousins and other friends!  Whew - what a week!  Shelby stayed in Colorado for the week while Josh, Vivian and I flew up to Washington to find a house.

 Before we left for WA we had a St. Patty's Day celebration, hosted at my parents' house by Jesse and KELLY (awesome!) Griffin.  Yummy food and lots of fun!

 And since we were all together we had to get a family picture.  It was a little chilly out, but we got one.

 Vivian's first plane ride - she fell asleep right at take off and slept for a good part of the flight.  The rest of the time she did very well sitting in my lap.  She didn't care for the funny feeling in your tummy on take off or landing, but for the flight there and back to CO she did great!

 The drive from Spokane to Republic was breathtaking!

 Heading over the pass on our way to Republic we had a lot of snow!  That was fun and we were glad that it snowed pretty much every day we were there.

This is us in front of the house we DIDN'T get.  :(  We love it and it seems "perfect" but someone got it just before we could.   

However, they sell POP in WA and we are excited about that!  (Here in TX, everything is Coke... "What kind of Coke would you like?"  Crazies.) 

This is the landscape up near Curlew, where we will be living.  B-E-A-utiful!

And we were glad that CO didn't miss out on snow!  Shelby had a BLAST with my family!  They enjoyed the snow in the mountains one day, then when we got back it snowed and the guys made this big snowman.  People were stopping as they drove by to take pictures.  :)  

We picked up the REACH truck and trailer and headed home for the last time.  All-in-all it was a great trip to Colorado, then Washington, then Colorado and back to Texas.  LOTS of driving, but the girls did wonderful.